Slingshot Route Guide and Notes are Located in Resources: https://www.speedrun.com/shining_force_2/resources

GRANS||near power water, in tunnel, in crater(4th in the grind) || (*this refers to the 4 mithril you will need) NEWGRANS| power water +4 on Peter POLCA| BSA master mage(buffed single attack)on master mage [buff=attack spell] HASSAN| steelsword for bowie, poweraxe for jaha, grab running pimento DESERT2| power ring to PETER (used in taros snipe and useful for extra experience, so equip it ASAP) THEGRIND| fix power ring if broken, save, lesser demons until level 27, end w/ 80 ATK, Promote Peter, use running pimento on Pete

CHESSKINGDOM| Have SARAH CHESTER AND KAZIN alive, move up the maximum # of black spaces minus 1 WILLARD| power ring to bowie, peter move right, bowie buffs peter, peter attack a rat, BSA willard CREED'S | Grab ERIC, grab running ring on floor and give to Peter, grab healing rain if you didn't yet, EGRESS SICK DWARF CAVE| bowie needs 1 item slot open, grab dry stone after receiving cannon > remove diane/eric NORTHCLIFF2| Peter attacks top of skeleton with Running Ring EQ AFTER CAVE 2| top of first enemy w/ RR EQ, left of archer, attack lizardman with the power ring equipped

PACALON| remove HIGGINS, save in town and leave right away TRANSITION| Peter EQ RR and move to the space above the 0% tile path, lizardman on 0% tile so easy snipe BRIDGE| attack bottom wyvern from left with running ring EQ, regular attack on the wizard TRISTAN| Put CHESTER in, give power ring to bowie, move peter over the lilypad directly north, BSA knight ZALBARD| peter up 11, DA Zalbard, grab power water, make sure power ring is fixed here, egress to Pacalon PACALON2| power water, save and reset turbo, grab peg wing, talk to frayja, move over puddle, chester buffs peter, peter moves down to bottom middle square on the fountain, BSA soldier (buffed single attack) JAROFIGHT| power ring to peter, attack cerberus, move 10 spaces up to bush tile, equip power ring for bowmaster attack optional: save here to make sure you finish him or double attack if necessary

MOUN| get running pimento, remove gyan, frayja and chester (technically frayja and chester can stay dead) CAMEELA| Peter move left. Then Peter goes toward the claw of the nazca ship stencil and uses the protect ring on himself. Next turn he attacks a dragonewt and equips the quick ring (pegasus knight will be on the left). On peter's next turn he will go first and you equip the running ring and then save for a double attack on Cameela. The next cutscene will be slower, but it's still a time-save unless you would have crit her and oneshot her naturally. Reset the turbo code at the monk/priest after grabbing the brave apple from the jar. , Add jaro + use running pimento on him. Give him the power ring

BOWRIDER| peter down 11, left 10 and down 1, Jaro buff peter, hit dragonnewt from bottom, EQ quick ring, BSA bowrider PRISM| top of 1st, top of 2nd, jaro buff, 3 above bowrider| BSA Executioner, use brave apples on peter after

An easy Dwarven Village RNG Manipulation for 3 Valkyries 1 Mist Javelin:

And here's a gif of the timing on that rng manipulation: https://gfycat.com/scalyaccomplisheddrafthorse

Ok this one is actually probably even easier and also 3 seconds faster: Basically you want to be holding Start and C when you reset, then follow the timing in the video. Instructions without video: https://imgur.com/a/pSOKG7p

REDBARON| Peter down 11, Jaro right 2 and down, Peter waits on island for mist demon to take a turn, attack mist demon from bottom, Peter go left 10 down 1, Jaro buff, BDA lemon optional: save at mist demon DWARVENVILLAGE| Put 4 MITHRILS on eric and promote him, save + manipulate rng for 3 valks, 1 mist javelin Give 1 valk+mist to jaro, 1 valkyrie to higins, power ring to peter

GESHP| peter left 9 spaces and down 2 while also equipping the quick ring and casting protect ring on turn 1, Jaro buffs peter, BDA Geshp, make sure to check valkyries and protect ring after (give jaro protect ring now?)

HYDRA| Stay close to the top and buff Peter, BSA Hydra, ADD ERIC & HIGINS, fix valks and protect ring ODDEYE| Give Jaro PROT ring >> Peter equip power ring against white dragon (optional), Jaro move straight up, Peter DA chaos soldier, Lemon save + reset turbo, jaro go up next to Peter, Peter gets in range for Odd Eye, Jaro buffs Peter, Peter BDA Odd Eye

Save at CREED + reset turbo

REAPER| Peter go up maximum spaces without being in melee range of enemies by equipping the running ring, but equip the quick ring after you got to the right tile. You need it to outturn the demon master, who will finish peter off with freeze 4 if he does. This is an optional strategy you can skip if going for maximum time save, but depending on your Peter it will be close. Jaro can buff peter here, or eric technically. Equip running ring, BSA Reaper. Optional: Swap jaro's valkyrie to eric or higins and it doesn't matter if it's cracked

***updated quicker zeon kill:

****This does change your approach going into the endgame, it's a bit less restrictive. Apologies if I don't update this as it's good enough.

INVENTORY going into the last 2 fights |Bowie| FORCE SWORD | HEALING RAIN |Peter| POWER RING | RUNNING RING |Higins| 2 VALKYRIES Depending on who you have buff peter in the king galam snipe is the one who should get jaro's valkyrie, it's probably easier to have it on higins, that way he can cast 3 more times. |Eric| 1 unbroken VALKYRIE *(will use it 1x in zeon and also has to double attack with it so it can't be dusted) |Jaro| MIST JAVELIN | PROT RING |Lemon| QUICK RING | DARK SWORD | BATTLE SWORD ? (optional insurance against zeon)

There are 2 setups for this fight (and many more you could probably find if you were interested in doing that). Setup number 1 is safer if you don't know your attack value. If you do, then you are more informed as to which strategy you would like to do on this fight.

Strategy 1 with 138 or less attack

KING GALAM| PETER 1 SPOT BELOW THE CONCRETE ON left/right, Jaro cast protect ring on peter, eric or higins buff peter, basically whoever got jaro's extra valkyrie (note: it is sometimes possible to 1 shot king galam). Optional: use lemon to block on the right or left side (whichever you choose can matter depending on turn order).

If you have 139 or more attack and want a different setup: The save is to make sure you don't get stunned. You are avoiding having to use the protect ring, it's a bit faster with turn orders, there's a few less attacks doing it this way, and you oneshot galam and that alone saves over a minute.

Strategy 2 with 139 attack or greater

KING GALAM| Peter equip power ring and save. attack chaos warrior from the right side (optional, skip the attack). jaro buff peter *(unless his valkyrie is gone, then you have to buff with eric or higins and pray they don't crack it or just save before you use it), peter BDA King Galam

ZEON| Learn the quick kill

thanks to everyone that contributed to the route and in particular Draciel and CirrusAF for helping refine the route multiple times